Urban waste is a major waste stream that ends up most of the time in an incinerating installation or as landfill. Even in Flanders, a region with a strong waste sorting policy, and where "the polluter will pay the bill", the average citizen still produces 30 kg of bulky waste per year (which is about 1/5 of the total amount of residual waste).

However, sorting analyses have proved that there are still possibilities for improvement by means of prevention, a more selective collection but also by means of novel sorting and recycling techniques or logistic solutions.

Like last year, NBN recognises the four experts who have been most actively involved in standardisation by presenting them with an award. Every expert can nominate him or herself for one of the four award categories.

FloorPromotion by S-Print NV, a Flemish SME located in Deinze, has printed the blue UEFA ceremony carpet with the UEFA Euro 2016 logo, that is used in the players' tunnel and during the national anthems.

Centexbel CE-certified the carpet, that also complied with the most stringent requirements of the OEKO-TEX® standard 100- class 1.

Relae, the two-time winner of the Sustainable Restaurant Award, is certainly aware of the meaning of Life Cycle Analysis, if we look at the approach of the co-owners Kim Rossen and chef Christan Puglisi regarding dirt repellent aprons!

Textile polyolefins are implemented in a variety of products, some of which are not associated with textile products, such as composites and 3D printing, also referred to as additive manufacturing. In both cases the textile polyolefins no longer are present in their original state in the final product, but are suitable base materials due to their composition and ease of handling.